Four TSA screeners at LAX allegedly took bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye to suitcases filled with drugs (while their counterparts at Burbank arrested a lady for trying to bring applesauce on a plane for her elderly mother). more ›

Things are looking up for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, an endangered species that flutter about a preserve located near Los Angeles International Airport: Their population has risen about 8 percent over the last year. more ›

Some passengers aboard a Southwest flight from Los Angeles had a less-than-smooth arrival this morning in Denver. Flight 792 managed to knock over a light pole on its way to the gate, say airport officials in the Mile-High City, reports TheDenverChannel.com. more ›

Hundreds of airport workers will descend on LAX this afternoon to march and rally for healthcare. Aviation Safeguards, the contractor providing passenger services at LAX, recently announced plans to terminate its contract with employees. As a result, workers will lose their healthcare benefits on February 1. more ›

Is your flight headed out of Los Angeles International Airport today? Or are you picking someone up from the airport? If so, bring a heaping pile of patience, because today happens to be one of the busiest travel days of the year at LAX. more ›

Travelers who check in for flights at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are also checking in to the venue via Facebook. LAX has just been deemed the "most social airport" by social networking site Facebook, since more people "share" that they are there than at any other global airport. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department may have misused funds paid to them by Los Angeles International Airport to provide security at the facility, and now a federal probe aims to get to the bottom of the allegation, says KTLA. Millions of dollars are in question, per the complaint. more ›

It's time to haul yourself and your family to Los Angeles International Airport and take to the skies to go visit relatives around the country for the big Thanksgiving holiday. Big holidays often equal big headaches for travelers, and it's looking like LAX is going to be the busiest airport in the nation this year. more ›

An autistic boy who was thought to have mistakenly wandered off from Bob Hope Airport Wednesday morning was located several hours later, ordering up a Screwdriver at a popular West Hollywood watering hole. more ›

It turns out Burbank can't quite force a $15.50 minimum rate on cab fares originating from Bob Hope Airport as initially proposed and passed. That base fare isn't going to happen after all. more ›

Starting next week, it's going to cost you at least $15.50 to take a taxi if you're flying into Burbank — even if you live just a few blocks away. The cabbies there are sick of passengers who hail a cab to get to a parking lot just outside the airport. The short trips end up being a burden for drivers, who wait for hours in a queue, only to get a pittance from a short trip, according to The Burbank Leader. more ›

As part of a recently-launched campaign to get rider input about extending the current Green Line to the Los Angeles International Airport, Metro has put out a new video extolling the virtues of their plan to explore their options on the matter. more ›

Hurricane Irene is about to bear down on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S., and while we won't be feeling the effects of her fury here directly, for those in L.A. trying to head to the other side of the nation, serious travel disruptions are in the forecast. more ›

Flying American Airlines via LAX? Watch your step. Officials are currently investigating a jet bridge collapse that occurred on Wednesday evening around 6:50pm, injuring both the captain and a passenger of Flight 557. more ›

Remember that time (or those numerous times) when you sat helplessly in a plane on an LAX runway for hours, breathing in stagnant air, listening to the sighs and mutters of disgruntled travelers? Well, a new airline passenger bill of rights took effect on Tuesday that should help prevent long lags on the tarmac. more ›

Word has apparently left the street that flying commercial with loaded guns is illegal. Four loaded, undeclared guns were (thankfully) discovered over the course of one week in SoCal - twice at Ontario International Airport (ONT) and twice at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). more ›

Sighs, "psshs" and "pffts" are among just some of the common sounds made and heard when the topic of public transportation enters conversation. While the city is tackling some major transit construction projects, including greenifying such ventures, the road ahead is long and steep (and we will likely need to drive). Even making the trek to LAX deems a heavy feat for some, depending on location. But Metro is examining ways to ease our troubled traveling minds. more ›

Not too long ago, we questioned the logic of trying to take a loaded gun onto an airplane when former Clippers star Darius Miles allegedly tried to do just that. But now, it looks like Miles wasn't alone in his unique way of thinking. more ›

Arriving soon at Los Angeles International Airport's Terminal 4: A Gourmet Food Truck. Yep, you read that right. Capitalizing on a trend that may have peaked in late 2009, HMS Host is planning to include a food truck "parked" inside the terminal's "Gourmet Food Court" that is slated to open in summer 2012. more ›

The airline passenger who is thought to be a boarding pass scam artist appeared in court today in Los Angeles to enter not guilty pleas on felony charges he was a stowaway and he attempted to enter a secure ares of Los Angeles International Airport. Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, originally from Nigeria, was arrested last month attempting to board a flight out of LAX using a boarding pass that was not issued in his name. more ›

With a modernization effort expected to support more than 1,000 jobs through 2013, city officials have announced more than $90 million in large and small upgrades will be made to the Long Beach Airport, beginning with the completion on a 2,000-space parking garage, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. more ›

After a prolonged political purgatory and departure into disrepair, LAX, with aspirations of again becoming the west's best international airport, is looking to spend $4 billion to upgrade utilities, expand taxiways for wide-bodied aircraft already in service, and make modernization improvements to the Bradley International and several domestic terminals. more ›

Well done, JFK Airport and Virgin American: A Nigerian man was able to board their June 24 flight 415 from New York bound for Los Angeles using someone else's expired boarding pass. However, "investigators are suggesting that [Olajide Oluwaseun] Noibi is a tourist rather than a terrorist," reports L.A. Now. more ›

The 405? The 110 to the 105? Surface streets? There is more than one way to get to Los Angeles International Airport, however a woman in her 20s was stabbed and had a gun pointed at her by the relative giving her a ride to the airport when she questioned the route he was taking. more ›

CBS2 has mounted an investigation into the travel habits--namely spending--of city officials, and have discovered that Los Angeles International Airport execs prefer to fly business class, and the city is footing the bill. Gina Marie Lindsey, LAX Airport Director, who has flown in a few $8- to $10,000 seats on international flights, says she doesn't "understand what the problem is." more ›

The increased potential for retaliation by Al Qaeda operatives, as well as those with anti-American sentiments, has prompted the U.S. State Department to issue a travel alert following the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden, according to Reuters. The State Department issued the following warning: "Given the uncertainty and volatility of the current situation, U.S. citizens in areas where events could cause anti-American violence are strongly urged to limit their travel outside of their homes and hotels and avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations." more ›

The embarrassment of being a "world class city" with an ugly, user unfriendly, depressing, skanky airport seems interminable, doesn't it? Renovations, upgrades, and pretty-fication seems to happen one terminal at a time at Los Angeles International Airport, and today comes word that Terminal 6 might emerge as being actually pleasant in the near future, thanks to a $271 million deal between Alaska Airlines and LAX operator Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). more ›

Mark Bixby, 44, was a cycling advocate who regularly tweeted his rides. He rallied to ensure that bike lines would be part of the Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement plan and contributed to a blog called BIKEable Communities. Bixby was recently interviewed by the CDMCyclist blog. He was "one of the leading forces" of Long Beach's biking renaissance, according to BikinginLA. more ›

Flight attendants on an American Airlines flight inbound from Mexico City to Los Angeles called police to meet the aircraft because of a perceived security threat when three men on board conducted "an unusual prayer ritual that alarmed them," an airlines official said Sunday, reports NBC Local. more ›